Editing The Pen Addict 232/transcript (section)

== Ask TPA ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. We should do some, we should go back to some of those Ask TPA questions, right? Those, yeah.

'''Anna:''' So, I probably still have 15 or 20 to get through. So, let's, let's knock out a couple today. Because I told everyone who wrote in that I would read their letter. So, I got to hold up to that, Myke.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, this, this section is Ask TPA, the special written Ask TPA. It's brought to you by Tom Bin. Tom Bin. Yes. Now, is it fair to say Tom Bin are your blood rivals? I don't know.

'''Anna:''' Tom, we're the bear and fig to their field notes. How about that? Oh, look at that. Yeah. Tom Bin is the top of the mountain that I aspire to. They are one of my favorite companies on the planet. They do it right. They make the best products. It shows up in every last detail. And, you know, if I ever get to a level with knock to where someone says, wow, that's like a Tom Bin product. I can die a happy man. They are an amazing company.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Tom Bin, like, categorically make the best bags for computers. Like, they do more than that, right? They make bags for all sorts. But, like, if you want a computer bag, if you want a bag that you're going to put any type of computer product in, Tom Bin have nailed it. Right? Like, I got a Ristretto recently. It was my first Tom Bin bag. It's just incredible. Like, every part of it is amazing.

'''Anna:''' Yeah. So, I have the Aeronaut travel duffel. And, I used that a bunch last year for traveling to pin shows. Yep. And, it's one of those products. Packing's never fun. But, I actually smile when I pack this bag. Because, I'm like, wow, they got this right. And, look at all the stuff I can do with it. And, the way I can pack it to carry more than I ever thought it would, while it still remains lightweight and functional and beautiful. It's, it's a weird feeling to be that happy about a carry-on bag. But, it's that good. It's crazy good.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All of their stuff is made of care. Like, they have great systems as well for packing, right? You can get like their, Yeah, I have some of the cubes. The cubes. And, they do, it's something called the synapse as well, right? Which is like where you can put a bunch of dongles and cables in. Like, everything is well thought out. They have great add-ons that they don't like really push on you. Like, when I got my Ristretto, I got like the, the, the upgraded shoulder strap. So comfortable.

'''Anna:''' Yeah, actually, I got the upgraded shoulder strap with my aeronaut as well. And, it's got great give to it. It, it, it feels like somehow it's like magically reduces the weight, even though that's not physically possible. It feels that way. It's like you lift the bag with your hands and you're like, wow, that's kind of heavy. Then you throw it on with that strap and you're like, what just happened?

'''Myke Hurley:''' You hit it. You heard it first. Tom bin, the creator of magical bags, like magic bags. All Tom bin bags are made in the USA. If you want to order one now, which you should go to Tom bin.com. That's T O M B I H N.com. Tom bin, lifetime guarantee, superior construction, thoughtful design. Thanks to Tom bin for their support of the pen addict and relay FM.

'''Anna:''' Yeah. So we've got y'all quite a shopping list today between Tom bin, Myke Dudek and pen chalet. I mean, this is one stop shopping between, you know, last week's episode and this week's episode. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' There's a funny thing about the pen addict in the last few months of the year. Everybody wants spots. Yeah. We get super booked sponsor wise towards the end of the year.

'''Anna:''' Speaking of which, and I won't spill the beans, but I did get something magical. I think from Harry's yesterday, just showed up at the front door, you know, shows up. So yeah, I have a feeling we might be talking about that next week or something. Yeah,

'''Myke Hurley:''' we are. We are. I like it. I like it. In your mind, it just shows up. Doesn't, I knew it was going. I know. Yeah. I arrange it, but I just, you arrange it,

'''Anna:''' but you never, you never tell me. And then next thing you know, there's a box. So anyway,

'''Myke Hurley:''' if you are Brad Downey, how many packages arrive at your house every day? Come on.

'''Anna:''' I mean, it's daily. I saw the, the UPS and FedEx truck cross paths the other day, like right in front of the driveway. It's like, yep, that's about, that's about right.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Just making the daily rounds.

'''Anna:''' Yeah. Yeah. Actually when, uh, recently UPS, I guess our regular driver switched and the, the new guy came, he goes, Hey, I'm the new driver. Like the other one knew me. Like he felt kind of guilty. He's like, Oh, you're stuck with me now. At least he like made a point to say, Hey, I'm the new guy. You're going to see me a lot. Yeah. All right. Let's crack into these letters. All right. Yeah. So a lot of these are from when we, um, originally asked for handwritten STPA sent to my PO box here in Georgia. And there's a bunch we didn't get to that day. I put all these, I had all these stacked and ready to go. It's separated. So we could continue reading them, but I have not opened them and reread them to prepare for the show. So I don't know exactly what I'm going to get. I read them the first time, but then didn't get to them on the show. So you know what I mean? I put the letters back and now I'm going to reopen them. But this one I wanted to get to the first time we did it and I didn't, but it actually works out better to the day because she's in the chat room and it's hot couple loving. And this is her original letter because she's already had a follow-up letter. So we do have follow-up handwritten STPA, by the way, Myke, but this letter is so good because she drew some pictures on it. Um, I don't know how she knew this and she probably didn't. She was probably just drawing it. Um, I think it was an inktober. Um, the key word that day was flight for day 19. So she drew two characters from one of my most favorite movies, which is how to train your dragon. Um, have you seen that movie, Myke?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah.

'''Anna:''' Animated. I love that movie. Great movie. She drew. Yeah. She drew a hiccup and toothless on the back. Um, which are so cool. The, my favorite characters and toothless is even more appropriate because all my tooth issues. Uh, recently I got that tooth pulled on Monday. So I'm, uh, I'm doing this, uh, one man down. I am, I am literally toothless while I'm reading this letter. So thank you so much for sending this. So let's, let's see what she says. Hey, Brad and Myke, how are y'all doing? See, she's from Georgia. So she knows how to write. She knows how to write the y'alls. Love the podcast and blog. Oh, and Myke's new vlog is great. Oh, great. She's sucking up to you already. I subscribe to a few people on YouTube who do something similar, but Myke, yours is one of the best. I have a few questions. Okay. More than a few. Have you guys ever considered doing customized field notes to give away at pen shows? Great question. Timely question. We looked at this from the minute we started this podcast and we can't do specific field notes. That's why we created something like the pen addict notebook for this last show. Yeah. Just frankly,

'''Myke Hurley:''' the, the, the, the order number would be too high and we can't sell them.

'''Anna:''' Right. We would have to fully eat that cost. We're not above doing that. That would be a large number that we could not afford. Yeah. That's the problem. We would not be able to charge you for the notebooks, which I would love to not be able to charge you for the notebooks. We're not in a position to not charge you for the notebooks. Yeah. So we would, we could get them and we'd have to give them away and not charge for them. Dream scenario. Maybe it can happen one day. I doubt it's going to happen, but, you know, it's, it's just part of the deal with the, with the field notes. So,

'''Myke Hurley:''' which I understand because they shouldn't really have people selling them. Like, it's always weird when you see that happen, but they tend to be like retail collaborations. Right. But we're not right. I don't think we're doing one of those anytime soon. Yeah.

'''Anna:''' Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't think that would work out.